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“Ragtime” draws a portrait of America at a time of turmoil with broad dramatic strokes and emotional specificity, a high-wire act that might daunt the likes of Houdini—yet another character in the show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

"Don’t let anything daunt you or take you away from that mission. This legislation is not going to do that. Keep becoming a citizen of this country."

From Fox News ● Jan. 9, 2022

Neither the science nor statistics of the new vaccine daunt them.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2021

Simon Block’s bucking bronco of an adaptation could daunt any theater company, but ETC Artistic Director Jonathan Fox, who directs this production, should be well-equipped to wrangle the juxtaposition of the humorous with the dark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2019

They had heard enough about Efrafa to daunt the stoutest heart.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

But as he gears up to release his third book on Tuesday, Tweedy admits the task of writing no longer daunts him the way it once did.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2023

But what he’s mostly done on hard courts is conquer what daunts him, by fighting the kinds of relentless battles that he relishes, as he did against a rising hard-court comer on Sunday.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 9, 2019

Each of the eight huge prints dazzles and daunts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2015

It daunts her to consider the situation’s basic math, the impossibility of matching her supplies to their numbers.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2011

The thought of stealing it, in front of everyone, daunts me.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

But overwhelmed by the early weeks of motherhood, and suffering from post-partum depression after a traumatic birth, she was daunted by the prospect of a long journey to a doctor's surgery.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

But Brown wasn’t daunted by history, and he wasn’t about to pull his players to rest for the next game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Others feel too daunted to leave their apartments even after the end of the lockdown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

Paulson said older workers may be daunted by the potential costs, time and effort, as well as the potential stigma associated with being a whistleblower.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025

Like everyone else, Louie was daunted by Lash, but the first three runners would go to Berlin, and he believed he could be among them.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

Although she did eventually get to see three scripts before production began, joining “Ted Lasso” was daunting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Target-date funds have been touted as an option that simplifies the process, especially when the alternative, like choosing specific assets and what percentage of a portfolio that should be invested in them, feels daunting.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Minghella’s film is an utterly beautiful and romantic story, a daunting feat considering how equally beautiful, though different, its source material is.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

The second challenge, more daunting in the digital era, is defining who is a journalist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Six classes, three weeks...it’s a daunting amount of work.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen